Sites Visited During 1999

On May 21, 1999, at a ceremony at the Pueblo of Acoma in New Mexico, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton announced more than $200,000 in contributions to Save America's Treasures for Cornerstones Community Partnerships, an award-winning youth traning, preservation and community revitalization program. $75,000 of this amount will be dedicated to the restoration of San Esteban del Rey Mission Church and Convent at the Pueblo of Acoma.

n its ongoing mission to preserve and protect America’s heritage, during May 1999, Save America’s Treasures visited significant historic and cultural sites in Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. The purpose of these trips was to raise awareness and bring support to the dire conservation needs of many of America's most important and endangered historic sites, artifacts, documents and monuments. Tour events provided a venue to stimulate community support; draw attention to the historical significance and conservation needs of the historic sites; and announce public and private support of Save America's Treasures and individual preservation projects.

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, honorary chair of the Millennium Committee to Save America’s Treasures, led the tour, which began at Grand Canyon National Park, and came to an end at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. Millennium Committee co-chair and National Trust President Richard Moe joined the First Lady to witness first hand the precarious condition of some of this country’s most breathtaking cultural resources.

"The Southwest is home to some of this country’s most fascinating and diverse cultural resources," said Moe. "From the awe-inspiring native cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde, to the fragile and sacred adobe church at Acoma Pueblo, to the astounding first photographs of Pluto at the Lowell Observatory, this tour will underscore how much of our history is at stake."

Sites Visited During 1999

For additional information on the historic sites visited by Hillary Rodham Clinton or members of the Millennium Committee during 1999, check out the White House Millennium Council Web site.

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